The Web Celeb 25

17. Matt Drudge

How many Web Celebs can boast they helped impeach a president? Only one: Matt Drudge, editor of the Drudge Report, the Web site that, in 1998, broke the news of President Bill Clinton’s relationship with former intern Monica Lewinsky. His high-profile site continually made news in the late 1990s by linking to news stories well before they hit the traditional media, and was often cited as an example of the coming era of online journalism. Drudge’s star may have dimmed a bit in recent years (He’s fallen from to No. 4 to No. 6 to No. 17 on the Web Celeb 25), but the prospects of facing off against a new Democratic presidential administration are promising.